1) To get in: to enter or to board a car
Get in the car! We are already late!
2) To get on: to enter or to board a vehicle other than a car
Please get on the bus from this side. The door on the other side doesn’t work well.
3) To get out of: to leave a car
Why don’t we stop and get out of the car for a while?
4) To get off: to leave a vehicle other than a car
John got off the train a moment later.
5) To put on: to place on oneself (usually clothes)
I put on my coat. / Put your coat on before leaving the house.
6) To take off: to remove (usually clothes)
John took off his jacket. / Jack took his jacket off.
7) To call up: to give someone a call
I have to call up Mr. John. / Call me up tomorrow.
8) To turn on: to start functioning
Please turn on the light. / Turn the light on Jack.
9) To turn off: to stop functioning
Remember to turn off the light. / Turn the radio off immediately!
10) To switch on: to turn on
Would you please switch on the television?
11) To switch off: to turn off
Are you really listening to the radio? Switch it off now!
12) To shut off: to turn off
Shut off the water in the toilet!
13) Right away: immediately
The dinner will be ready right away!
14) At once: right away
Stop playing that loud music at once!
15) To pick up: to lift an object from a place (using fingers/hand)
Harry picked up the paper that was on the table. / Would you please pick that toy up?
16) Sooner or later: after a period of time
If you study English seriously, sooner or later you will be able to study abroad.
I am sure I will do my homework sooner or later.
17) Get up: to rise from a bed; to arise
Susan gets up at seven o’clock every morning.
I think we should get Bob up.
18) At first: in the beginning, originally
At first, English was difficult for him, but later he made progress.
I thought at first that it was impossible.
19) To dress up: to dress very nice
We should definitely dress up to go to the theatre.
20) At last: finally, after a long time
We waited for hours and then the train arrived at last.
Now I am eighteen, at last I can drive my parents’ car.
21) As usual: as in the general case
George is late as usual. / As usual, George is late.
22) To find out: get information about
Would you please find out what time the plane arrives?
I will find it out I promise.
23) To look at: give one’s attention to; to watch
Please look at the blackboard, not at the book.
24) To look for: to try to find, to search for
I am looking for my pen. / I have looked all over for the pen.
25) All right (alright informal): acceptable, fine, Okay, yes
I think it would be all right to do this.
Do you want me to turn off the TV? Alright!
26) All along: all the time, from the beginning (without change)
Obama knew all along that the Republicans would never agree with the plan.
27) Little by little: gradually
Karen’s health seems to be improving little by little.
28) Step by step: little by little
If you study regularly, step by step your vocabulary will increase.
29) To tire out: to become tired due to hard work
The hot weather tired out the runners in the marathon.
30) To wear out: to tire out
Does studying for exams wear you out, John?
31) To call on: to ask for a response
Jose didn’t know the answer when the teacher called on him.
32) To call on: to visit
Last night several friends called on us at our home.
33) To drop in on: to visit
Why don’t we drop in on Sally?
34) Never mind: ignoring something
So you were not listening to me again. Never mind; it wasn’t important.
35) To pick out: to choose, to select
Ann picked out a good book to give to me as a gift.
If you want me to buy you a book, then pick one out now.
36) To take one’s time: to do without rush, not to hurry
There’s no need to hurry. Take your time.
John always takes his time in everything he does.
37) To talk over: to discuss or to consider a matter with others
We talked over the plan but we couldn’t reach a decision. We have to talk it over again.
38) To lie down: to place oneself in a flat position
If you are that tired, why don’t you lie down for a while?
39) To stand up: to rise from a lying position
We should stand up when the officials enter the room.
40) To get up: to stand up
Susan, stop sitting on the floor. You should get up.
41) To sit down: to be seated
We sat down on the bench and watched them play.
42) Take a seat: to sit down
You can take a seat on the floor. There is no chair.
43) Have a seat: to sit down
Please have a seat.
44) All day/week/month/year… long: the entire day, week, month, year…
I have been working on my project all day along. It’s terrible!
It has been raining all week long. When can we go hiking?
45) By oneself: alone without assistance
Rachimov translated that French novel all by himself.
46) On purpose: for a reason
I didn’t do that on purpose.
It was not an accident that he broke Jim’s glasses. He did it on purpose.
47) To get along with: have smooth relations
I got along well with my new neighbor.
48) To get on with: have smooth relations
49) To get along with: succeed in doing/ to have progress
How are you getting along with your Liberal Studies?
50) To get on with: succeed in doing/ to have progress
51) To make a difference: to be important to/ to be able to influence
It makes a big difference to me whether Susan loves me or not.
It doesn’t make any difference. That is just a minor problem.
52) To take out: to remove, to extract
Take out your textbooks and turn to page eleven.
53) To take out: to go on a date with
Did you take Susan out last night?
54) To go out with: to go on a date with
Yes, she went out with me last night.
55) To take part in: to participate in
Mark was sick and could not take part in the party yesterday.
56) To be in on: to participate in
Stop shouting at me! I don’t want to be in on your argument.
57) At all: in any degree
Do you feel pain at all? Not at all!
58) In the least: in any degree
I am not tired. Not in the least.
59) To look up: to find out some information
I really have to look up Susan’s telephone number in the directory.
Look that word up if you don’t understand its meaning.
60) To wait on: to serve (in a store/restaurant)
A handsome waiter waited on me in that shop.
61) At least: no fewer/less than
Mike claims that he drinks at least a quart of water every day.
62) To take a trip: to travel
I am so busy that I have no time to take a trip.
63) To try on: To check the style or size before buying clothes
He tried on several suits before he bought a blue one.
64) To think over: to consider carefully
I would like to think over your offer first.
65) To take place: to occur (according to plan)
The celebration took place at John’s house.
66) To put away: to remove something to a proper place
Please put away your notes before you open the exam booklet.
John put his book away after receiving the instruction.
2014年7月20日 星期日
發生在聖誕節的一個感人故事
For many of us, one Christmas stands out from all the others, the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest. My own "truest" Christmas began on a rainy spring day in the bleakest year of my life.
Recently divorced, I was in my 20s, had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had fallen apart, and I could not afford another one.
I sat down in the streetcar--and there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid with gold and necks of bright enamel. I had never seen anything so lovely.
I examined the handle and saw a name engraved among the golden scrolls. The usual procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but on impulse I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the streetcar in a downpour and thankfully opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes, she said in surprise, that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present. But, she added, it had been stolen from her locker at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house. She took the umbrella, and her eyes filled with tears.
The teacher wanted to give me a reward, but--though twenty dollars was all I had in the world--her happiness at retrieving this special possession was such that to have accepted money would have spoiled something. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don't remember.
The next six months were wretched. I was able to obtain only temporary employment here and there, for a small salary. But I put aside twenty-five or fifty cents when I could afford it for my lithe girl's Christmas presents.
My last job ended the day before Christmas, my thirty-dollar rent was soon due, and 1 had fifteen dollars to my name--which Peggy and I would need for food.
She was home from convent boarding school and was excitedly looking forward to her gifs next day, which I had already Purchased. I had bough her a small tree, and we were going to decorate it that night.
The air was full of the sound of Christmas merriment as I walked from the streetcar to my small apartment. Bells rang and children shouted in the bitter dusk of the evening, and windows were lighted and everyone was running and laughing. But there should be no Christmas for me, I knew, no gifts, no remembrance whatsoever.
As l struggled through the snowdrifts, l had just about reached the lowest Point in my life. Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless. I had prayed steadily for weeks, and there had been no answer but this coldness and darkness, this harsh air, this abandonment.
God and men had completely forgotten me. I felt so helpless and so lonely. What was to become of us?
I looked in my mail box. There were only bills in it, a sheaf of them, and two white envelopes which I was sure contained more bills. I went up three dusty flights of stairs and I cried, shivering in my thin coat.
But I made myself smile so I could greet my little daughter with a Pretense of happiness. She opened the door for me and threw herself in my arms, screaming joyously and demanding that we decorate the tree immediately.
Peggy had proudly set our kitchen table for our evening meal and put pans out and three cans of food which would be our dinner. For some reason, when I looked at those pans and cans, I felt brokenhearted. We would have only hamburgers for our Christmas dinner tomorrow.
I stood in the cold little kitchen, misery overwhelmed me. For the first time in my life, I doubted the existence and his mercy, and the coldness in my heart was colder than ice.
The doorbell rang and Peggy ran fleetly to answer it, calling that it must be Santa Claus. Then I heard a man talking heartily to her and went to the door. He was a delivery man, and his arms were full of parcels. "This is a mistake," I said, but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.
When he had gone I could only stare at the boxes. Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. A huge doll, three times the size of the one I had bought for her. Gloves. Candy. A beautiful leather purse. Incredible! I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher, the address was simply "California", where she had moved.
Our dinner the nigh was the most delicious I had ever eaten. I forgot I had no money for the rent and only fifteen dollars in my purse and no job. My child and I ate and laughed together in happiness.
Then we decorated the little tree and marveled at it. I put Peggy to bed and set up her gifts around the tree and a sweet peace flooded me like a benediction. I had some hope again. I could even examine the sheaf of bills without cringing.
埃及豔后傳奇故事
这是一位历史上最享盛名的神秘女子：她广播的艳名，她与恺撒、安东尼的两段恋情，她的丰功伟业与远大的政治报负，还有她结束于蛇吻的传奇一生。究竟埃及艳后的真面目如何？她不朽于世的奥秘在哪里？
Alexander died at the age of 32. By the time Cleopatra was 23, she had gone ever further than Alexander making her entrance into Rome as Queen of Egypt and consort of Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in the world.
These were complex times. To keep your throne, you had to be adaptable, ruthless, intelligent and a great politician. Cleopatra had all these traits which is why history has provided us with lots of interpretations of Cleopatra. Renaissance poets saw her as a heroine dying for love. And painters alluded to her eroticism in their bare breasted portrayals of the dying queen. Hollywood reinforced the image of Cleopatra as a vamp starting with Theda Bara’s seductive portrayal in 1917.
But who was the real Cleopatra? What did she really look like?
We’re in Berlin because this is the best portrait of Cleopatra in the world. There are very few ancient sculptures that are existing. So this is probably as close as we’re ever going to get to how she really looked. She’s rather plain looking, isn’t she? Look at her hair. It’s tied up in a simple bun. It’s a classical Greek hairstyle. It’s practical but not exactly designed to captivate a Roman general.
We know from ancient sources that her hair was a reddish color, wavy. But look at her nose. It’s a little bit too long and hooked at the end. And her mouth, is not exactly sensual. She’s not wearing any jewelry. There are no earrings, no necklace. This is not the portrait of a femme fatale.
The ancient sources tell us she was intelligent, witty, charming, a linguist and along with this, she had a tremendous determination. It was this amazing combination of abilities that made Cleopatra the most famous woman in history. It wasn’t her beauty.
Women in Egypt had always been powerful: Queen Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and now Cleopatra. But during the era of the Ptolemy’s, the role of Greek women had changed. They gained an identity apart from that of their husbands or families. Women participated in the arts and civic life and marriage became a union of two people, not just two houses. The portraits of the women of this period show strong individuals looking back at you with confidence. They’re almost haunting. Women would not have this power again until the 20th century. Cleopatra was well educated, strong minded with ideas of her own and a female.
As a intellectual, Cleopatra would have been heartbroken: when during fighting between Egyptians and Caesar’s Roman troops, there occurred one of the greatest tragedies of the ancient world - the burning of the library of Alexandria. It’s sad to think about what was lost in the fire at Alexandria. There are the missing manuscripts of Aristotle and Plato. They were probably there. There was an entire room with editions of Homer. Maybe even there were early manuscripts of the Old Testament, which could probably help settle Biblical questions today.
Cleopatra was eventually able to replace 200,000 of the manuscripts. Books were very important to her. It’s ironic that today everybody knows her for her beauty, but it was her intelligence that was most important asset she had.
亚历山大于32岁驾崩，当时埃及艳后仅23岁，她远行得疆界比亚历山大更远，她以埃及王后和世界上最有权力的人——朱利安·恺撒情人的身份走进罗马。
当时局面非常复杂。要保住王位则必须是一名灵活，无情、机智兼出色的政客。这些特点埃及艳后全部具备，这也解释了为什么我们会从历史上看到关于她的多种不同说辞。文艺复兴时期的诗人将她视成为爱情献身的女英雄。画家们把她描绘为裸胸垂死的贪欲的女王。好莱坞的电影强化了她的荡妇形像——第一部始于桑德·芭拉在1917年媚人的扮演。
可是埃及艳后究竟是什么样的人？她的外貌是怎样的呢？
于是我们来到了柏林，这儿有全世界最好的埃及艳后的肖像。现在仅存的古代雕像已是凤毛麟角，所以这一尊也许能帮助我们尽多地了解她的外貌。她长得挺平常的，是不是？看看他的头发，结的是个简单的髻。这是希腊古典发型。风格朴实，并非特别设计来俘获罗马将领的爱情。
我们从古代资料了解到她的头发是浅红色的，有波纹的。可瞧她的鼻子，是稍有点长的鹰钩鼻。嘴也算不上性感。她不饰带任何珠宝。没有耳环，没有项链。这并非一个性感尤物的相貌。
过去，埃及妇女的势力向来不弱，如：哈特谢普苏特女王、奈费尔提蒂女王，以及想在这位克莉奥帕卓女王。但在托勒密王朝时期，希腊妇女的角色改变了。她们取得独立于丈夫和家庭外的身份，参与到艺术和市民生活中，并以两个个人而不是两家人的名义缔结婚姻。这一时期的妇女形象表现除了强烈的个性与自信。那令人印象深刻。21世纪以前妇女们都没有再拥有过这种权力。埃及艳后便是受过良好教育、意志坚强、有自己思想的一位女性。
在埃及人与恺撒的罗马军队作战期间发生了古代一大惨剧——亚历山大图书馆的焚毁。作为一位知识人士，这一悲剧定曾让埃及艳后为之哀恸不已。要说亚历山大图书馆在那次火灾中的损失是令人伤心的。遗失的亚里土多德和伯拉图手稿估计就在其中。有一整个房间里放的是荷马的作品。如果《圣经旧约》的早期文稿没有在那时遗失的话，也许今日我们对《圣经》的许多疑惑已经解开了。
埃及艳后最后找回了二十万册文稿。书籍对她太重要了。讽刺的是她以美貌蜚声于今日世界，而其实智慧才是她最最可贵的资产。
雙語：王子復仇記，哈姆雷特的故事
This is the sad story of Hamlet, young Prince of Denmark, whose father died two months before the story begins. Hamlet' s father was King of Denmark and Hamlet was his only son. The king died a strange death while he was sleeping in the garden of his castle. It was believed that he had been bitten to death by a poisonous snake. He was such a wise and kind king that he was loved by all the people in the nation. His son, Hamlet, of course, loved him far more than anyone else in the world.
Hamlet was so sad and sorrowful that he never stopped wearing black clothes. There was something else which made Hamlet even sadder. His mother, Gertrude, married Hamlet' s uncle, Claudius, who was a brother of the late king. After Hamlet' s father died, Claudius became King of Denmark and married Gertrude. Young Hamlet did not like him because he was not as wise and kind as his father. He was a man of unkindly character. Hamlet did not in the least want his mother to marry such a man. He became angry with both of them and came to despise his mother as well as his uncle.
这是讲述年轻丹麦王子哈姆雷特的悲伤故事，他的父亲在故事开始前两个月去世。哈姆雷特的父亲是丹麦国王，而哈姆雷特则是他的独生子。国王在城堡的花园中睡觉时突然离奇地死去，大家都认为他是被一条毒蛇给咬死的。他是一位睿智仁慈的国王，因此全国人民都很爱戴他。当然，国王的儿子哈姆雷特要比世上的任何人更爱他。
哈姆雷特很伤心难过，因此他一直穿着黑色的丧服。另外还有一件令哈姆雷特更加伤心的事，那就是他的母亲葛楚德嫁给哈姆雷特的叔叔克劳迪斯，也就是已故国王的弟弟。在哈姆雷特的父亲去世之后，克劳迪斯成为丹麦的国王并且取了葛楚德。年轻的哈姆雷特并不喜欢他的叔叔，因为他不像自己的父亲那么睿智仁慈，他是一个本性无情的人。哈姆雷特一点也不愿意他的母亲嫁给这种男人。他对他们倆感到非常气愤，因而看不起他的母亲和叔叔。
Hamlet was so sad and sorrowful that he never stopped wearing black clothes. There was something else which made Hamlet even sadder. His mother, Gertrude, married Hamlet' s uncle, Claudius, who was a brother of the late king. After Hamlet' s father died, Claudius became King of Denmark and married Gertrude. Young Hamlet did not like him because he was not as wise and kind as his father. He was a man of unkindly character. Hamlet did not in the least want his mother to marry such a man. He became angry with both of them and came to despise his mother as well as his uncle.
这是讲述年轻丹麦王子哈姆雷特的悲伤故事，他的父亲在故事开始前两个月去世。哈姆雷特的父亲是丹麦国王，而哈姆雷特则是他的独生子。国王在城堡的花园中睡觉时突然离奇地死去，大家都认为他是被一条毒蛇给咬死的。他是一位睿智仁慈的国王，因此全国人民都很爱戴他。当然，国王的儿子哈姆雷特要比世上的任何人更爱他。
哈姆雷特很伤心难过，因此他一直穿着黑色的丧服。另外还有一件令哈姆雷特更加伤心的事，那就是他的母亲葛楚德嫁给哈姆雷特的叔叔克劳迪斯，也就是已故国王的弟弟。在哈姆雷特的父亲去世之后，克劳迪斯成为丹麦的国王并且取了葛楚德。年轻的哈姆雷特并不喜欢他的叔叔，因为他不像自己的父亲那么睿智仁慈，他是一个本性无情的人。哈姆雷特一点也不愿意他的母亲嫁给这种男人。他对他们倆感到非常气愤，因而看不起他的母亲和叔叔。
The bell of the castle was ringing. It was exactly midnight. Suddenly a ghost in the form of the late king appeared in the darkness. It looked pale and sad. Looking at the ghost, the two guards of the castle and Horatio, Hamlet' s best friend, were surprised and terrified. They wondered if something bad was going to happen in Denmark. They decided to tell their prince what they had seen .
The next day they went to Hamlet and told him that they had seen the ghost of King Hamlet. Hamlet doubted it at first, but wanted to make sure himself. He asked them to take him to see the ghost that night. They agreed.
Late at night Hamlet, Horatio and one of the guards went to the top of the walls. It was very cold and dark there. Some time after they got there, the ghost in armor suddenly appeared out of the darkness. As his friends had told him, Hamlet saw that the ghost was exactly like his dead father.
He called out, "King, Father! Why did you come here out of the grave?"
The ghost did not answer him, but looked at him sadly and made a sign for him to follow. His friends did not want to let Hamlet follow the ghost because they thought it might be an evil spirit and do something badto him. But he did follow the ghost. While Hamlet and the ghost walked away into the darkness, his friends had to wait anxiously there worrying about his safe return .
At the end of the walls of the castle the ghost stopped and began to talk to Hamlet, "I am the ghost of your father. I wanted to rule Denmark peacefully until you grew up and became king after me. But two months ago, while I was sleeping in the beautiful garden of the castle, my brother Claudius came and put poison into my ear. I was instantly killed. Hamlet! Be brave and kill him for me. But never kill or hurt my wife, for she is your mother. Let her repent for what she has done. That is enough for her. What I have told you is true. I tell you again. I was not killed by a poisonous snake, but by my brother Claudius. Never forget what I have told you, my dear son. Good-bye, Hamlet!"
Then the ghost disappeared into the mist of the dark sky. Upon hearing this, Hamlet became excited and was even more furious with Claudius and his mother. He made up his mind to kill his uncle and let his mother repent for her sins.
城堡里的钟声响起，此刻正是午夜。突然间一个外形很像已故国王的鬼魂在暗处出现。它的脸色看起来很苍白、悲伤。城堡的两个卫兵和哈姆雷特的挚友荷瑞修看到这鬼魂时，感到非常吃惊害怕。他们怀疑是否有不祥的事会在丹麦发生。他们决定把亲眼看到的事告诉王子。
隔天，他们去见哈姆雷特并且告诉他，他们曾看见过哈姆雷特国王的鬼魂。哈姆雷特起先对这件事感到怀疑，但他想要亲自去证实这件事。他要他们当晚带他去看那个鬼魂，他们同意了。深夜，哈姆雷特，荷瑞修和一名守卫三人来到城墙顶，那里非常寒冷、阴暗，就在他们到达后不久，这个身穿盔甲的鬼魂突然从黑暗之中出现。哈姆雷特看到这个鬼魂跟他死去的父亲简直一模一样，就如他的朋友告诉他的。
他大声地叫:“国王，我的父亲！您为什么离开坟墓到这里来？”鬼魂没有回答他的话，但却很悲伤地看着他，并对他做了个手势，示意他跟着它去。哈姆雷特的朋友不想让他跟着鬼魂走，因为他们认为它可能是邪恶的鬼魂，而且会对他不利。但是哈姆雷特仍然跟着鬼魂而去。当哈姆雷特和鬼魂离去走入黑暗之中时，他的朋友们只得在那儿焦虑地等待并担忧他能否平安地回来。
在城墙的尽头，鬼魂停下脚步，开始对哈姆雷特说：“我是你父亲的鬼魂，我本想和平地统治丹麦直到你长大成人继承我的王位。但是两个月前，当我在城堡里美丽的花园中睡觉时，我的弟弟克劳迪斯走到我身边把毒药塞入我的一只耳朵里。我立即就被他毒死了。哈姆雷特！勇敢点替我杀了他，但是绝不要杀害或伤害我的妻子，因为他是你的母亲。让她去为她所做的事后悔，这对她来说已经够了。我所告诉你的都是事实。我再告诉你一遍，我不是被毒蛇咬死的，而是被我的弟弟克劳迪斯害死的。一定要记住我告诉你的事，我亲爱的儿子，再见了，哈姆雷特。”
然后鬼魂在满布雾气的夜空中消失不见。哈姆雷特一听到这个秘密，显得激动万分并对克劳迪斯和他的母亲更加愤恨不已。他决定要杀死他的叔叔并让他的母亲为她的罪行忏悔。
Hamlet' s friends were anxious about him and came to look for him. They found Hamlet kneeling down and looking up at the dark sky praying to God. Hamlet noticed them coming to him. He stood up and sincerely asked them not to tell anyone what had happened that night. They all agreed and made a firm promise not to tell anyone about it, swearing on Hamlet' s sword.
That very night Hamlet decided to pretend that he had gone mad in order to have a better chance to kill Claudius. He decided not to tell his plan to any of his friends except Horatio .
Since Hamlet saw the ghost, he had often thought of his dead father and of his promise to the ghost. He became sadder each day. He was not a young, merry prince as he used to be. Before his father' s death, he was interested in many things, such as books, art, music and plays. But now he gave them all up. To everyone, he seemed to act very strangely. He became rude to everyone in the castle and behaved like a mad man.
He hardly ever spoke to Ophelia , a beautiful lady whom he had deeply loved. Before, they would talk happily and take walks in the woods near the castle. He would talk to her so sweetly and gently that Ophelia was deeply in love with him. But now he was quite different. Therefore, Polonius, Ophelia' s father, did not want his daughter to love Hamlet anymore because of his strange behavior.
哈姆雷特的朋友们很担心他的安危就来寻找他，他们发现哈姆雷特跪在地上，望着黑暗的天空向上帝祈祷。哈姆雷特注意到他们来了，便站了起来，很诚挚地要求他们不要把当晚发生的事告诉任何人。他们全都答应了，并且对着哈姆雷特的剑发誓，许下坚定的承诺绝不把这件事告诉任何人。
就在那天晚上，哈姆雷特决定装疯以便有更好的机会去杀克劳迪斯。除了荷瑞修之外，他决定不把他的计划告诉他的任何朋友。
自从哈姆雷特见过父亲的鬼魂后，他常常想到亡父以及他对鬼魂所做的承诺。他一天比一天更加悲伤，已经不再像是从前那位年轻、快乐的王子了。在他父亲去世之前，他对很多事情都有兴趣，例如读书、艺术、音乐和戏剧。但是现在他把那些兴趣都放弃了。对每个人来说，他的行为举止似乎非常怪异。他对城堡中的每个人都很粗暴，言行举止像个疯子一样。
他几乎不曾跟他深爱的美丽的欧菲莉亚说过话。以前，他们会在离城堡不远的树林里散步，愉快地谈心。他会很甜蜜很温柔地跟她说话，因而欧菲莉亚深爱着他，但是如今他变了很多。因此，欧菲莉亚的父亲普罗尼尔斯因为哈姆雷特怪异的行为举止而不希望他的女儿再爱他。
That very night Hamlet decided to pretend that he had gone mad in order to have a better chance to kill Claudius. He decided not to tell his plan to any of his friends except Horatio .
Since Hamlet saw the ghost, he had often thought of his dead father and of his promise to the ghost. He became sadder each day. He was not a young, merry prince as he used to be. Before his father' s death, he was interested in many things, such as books, art, music and plays. But now he gave them all up. To everyone, he seemed to act very strangely. He became rude to everyone in the castle and behaved like a mad man.
He hardly ever spoke to Ophelia , a beautiful lady whom he had deeply loved. Before, they would talk happily and take walks in the woods near the castle. He would talk to her so sweetly and gently that Ophelia was deeply in love with him. But now he was quite different. Therefore, Polonius, Ophelia' s father, did not want his daughter to love Hamlet anymore because of his strange behavior.
哈姆雷特的朋友们很担心他的安危就来寻找他，他们发现哈姆雷特跪在地上，望着黑暗的天空向上帝祈祷。哈姆雷特注意到他们来了，便站了起来，很诚挚地要求他们不要把当晚发生的事告诉任何人。他们全都答应了，并且对着哈姆雷特的剑发誓，许下坚定的承诺绝不把这件事告诉任何人。
就在那天晚上，哈姆雷特决定装疯以便有更好的机会去杀克劳迪斯。除了荷瑞修之外，他决定不把他的计划告诉他的任何朋友。
自从哈姆雷特见过父亲的鬼魂后，他常常想到亡父以及他对鬼魂所做的承诺。他一天比一天更加悲伤，已经不再像是从前那位年轻、快乐的王子了。在他父亲去世之前，他对很多事情都有兴趣，例如读书、艺术、音乐和戏剧。但是现在他把那些兴趣都放弃了。对每个人来说，他的行为举止似乎非常怪异。他对城堡中的每个人都很粗暴，言行举止像个疯子一样。
他几乎不曾跟他深爱的美丽的欧菲莉亚说过话。以前，他们会在离城堡不远的树林里散步，愉快地谈心。他会很甜蜜很温柔地跟她说话，因而欧菲莉亚深爱着他，但是如今他变了很多。因此，欧菲莉亚的父亲普罗尼尔斯因为哈姆雷特怪异的行为举止而不希望他的女儿再爱他。
One day Hamlet came to Ophelia, who was knitting in her room, and spoke wildly to her. He appeared half-naked, wearing a dirty shirt with no hat on his head. She gave back all the letters and valuable rings that she had received from Hamlet.
"I will not meet you anymore," she said to him. Hamlet left her, feeling even more miserable.
She told her father everything that had occurred in her room. When Polonius heard this from his daughter, he believed he knew what had made Hamlet go mad. He thought that Hamlet had gone mad because of his love for Ophelia . Polonius went to Claudius and Gertrude to let them know what caused Hamlet's madness. He told them that the love affair between Hamlet and Ophelia was the true cause of his madness.
Claudius always doubted what he heard from his men. He commanded two men who used to be Hamlet' s friends when they were children to find out the true reason why he had been acting so strangely recently. He also asked Polonius to arrange an unexpected meeting of the two lovers so that they could carefully observe Hamlet' s behavior.
"I will not meet you anymore," she said to him. Hamlet left her, feeling even more miserable.
She told her father everything that had occurred in her room. When Polonius heard this from his daughter, he believed he knew what had made Hamlet go mad. He thought that Hamlet had gone mad because of his love for Ophelia . Polonius went to Claudius and Gertrude to let them know what caused Hamlet's madness. He told them that the love affair between Hamlet and Ophelia was the true cause of his madness.
Claudius always doubted what he heard from his men. He commanded two men who used to be Hamlet' s friends when they were children to find out the true reason why he had been acting so strangely recently. He also asked Polonius to arrange an unexpected meeting of the two lovers so that they could carefully observe Hamlet' s behavior.
有一天，哈姆雷特来找正在房内编织的欧菲莉亚，并且粗鲁蛮横地跟她说话。他穿着一件脏衬衫，没有戴帽子，半裸地出现在她面前。她还给他从他那儿收到的所有信件和珍贵的戒指。
“我不想再看到你，”她对他说。哈姆雷特离开了他，内心感到更加痛苦。
欧菲莉亚把在房内发生的一切事情告诉他的父亲。当普罗尼尔斯从她女儿口中听到这件事时，他相信他知道是什么原因使得哈姆雷特发疯。他认为哈姆雷特是因为爱欧菲莉亚才发疯的。普罗尼尔斯去见克劳迪斯和葛楚德，让他们知道造成哈姆雷特发疯的原因。普罗尼尔斯禀告他们，哈姆雷特和欧菲莉亚之间的爱情才是哈姆雷特发疯的真正原因。
克劳迪斯总是怀疑从他的手下那边听来的消息。他命令小时候曾经是哈姆雷特的朋友的两名手下去找出为什么哈姆雷特最近行为这么怪异的真正原因。他也要求普罗尼尔斯去为这对情人安排一次意外的相会，以便他们能够仔细观察哈姆雷特的举止表现。
“我不想再看到你，”她对他说。哈姆雷特离开了他，内心感到更加痛苦。
欧菲莉亚把在房内发生的一切事情告诉他的父亲。当普罗尼尔斯从她女儿口中听到这件事时，他相信他知道是什么原因使得哈姆雷特发疯。他认为哈姆雷特是因为爱欧菲莉亚才发疯的。普罗尼尔斯去见克劳迪斯和葛楚德，让他们知道造成哈姆雷特发疯的原因。普罗尼尔斯禀告他们，哈姆雷特和欧菲莉亚之间的爱情才是哈姆雷特发疯的真正原因。
克劳迪斯总是怀疑从他的手下那边听来的消息。他命令小时候曾经是哈姆雷特的朋友的两名手下去找出为什么哈姆雷特最近行为这么怪异的真正原因。他也要求普罗尼尔斯去为这对情人安排一次意外的相会，以便他们能够仔细观察哈姆雷特的举止表现。
Hamlet' s two old friends met him when he was saying some strange things to himself alone in the hall of the castle. They begged him to tell them the true cause of his madness. But he would not tell them anything, and instead made fools of them.
One day when Hamlet was unhappy and worried by the memory of the ghost and the promise he had made, a group of actors came to visit him. They were the same players that Hamlet used to enjoy seeing. He welcomed them. Then they acted a short play for him.
It was a sad story about a good king who was poisoned to death by his brother. And this man became king and married the queen. They played it so well, with tears in their eyes, that the scene seemed real. While Hamlet was watching them, he felt very angry with himself. He said to himself, "Those players can cry for the sad king whom they have never met. But in my case I have done nothing at all for my poor father who was killed by my uncle Claudius. What a coward I am!"
When the play was over, he thought of a good plan. He decided to have them play it once again in front of the king and queen the next day. He also asked them to add a few lines of his own to the play so that he could make the play more like what had happened to his father. Hamlet said to himself, "If Claudius is really guilty, his face will turn pale while he is watching the play. Then I will know that what the ghost told me is true. I will watch his face very carefully."
One day when Hamlet was unhappy and worried by the memory of the ghost and the promise he had made, a group of actors came to visit him. They were the same players that Hamlet used to enjoy seeing. He welcomed them. Then they acted a short play for him.
It was a sad story about a good king who was poisoned to death by his brother. And this man became king and married the queen. They played it so well, with tears in their eyes, that the scene seemed real. While Hamlet was watching them, he felt very angry with himself. He said to himself, "Those players can cry for the sad king whom they have never met. But in my case I have done nothing at all for my poor father who was killed by my uncle Claudius. What a coward I am!"
When the play was over, he thought of a good plan. He decided to have them play it once again in front of the king and queen the next day. He also asked them to add a few lines of his own to the play so that he could make the play more like what had happened to his father. Hamlet said to himself, "If Claudius is really guilty, his face will turn pale while he is watching the play. Then I will know that what the ghost told me is true. I will watch his face very carefully."
哈姆雷特的两位老友见到他时，他正独自一个人在城堡里胡言乱语。他们请求他告诉他们他发疯的真正原因，但是他非但没有告诉他们，反而还捉弄他们。
有一天，当哈姆雷特想到父亲的鬼魂和他对鬼魂所做的承诺而显得郁郁寡欢和忧虑时，一群演员来看他。他们是哈姆雷特以前喜爱观赏的同一群演员。哈姆雷特欢迎他们的到来，接着他们为他表演一出短剧。
那是叙述一位好国王被他的弟弟毒死的悲伤故事。他的弟弟后来当了国王并且娶了皇后。他们含泪演出表演得真好，以致于这一幕戏好像是真的一样。当哈姆雷特看着他们表演的时候，他对自己感到非常的生气。他对自己说：“那些演员可以为这个他们从没见过面的悲哀的国王而哭泣，而以我的立场，我却没有为被我叔叔克劳迪斯杀死的可怜的父亲尽过任何力。我真是一个懦夫！”
这出戏结束时，他想到了一个好计划。他决定要他们隔天在国王和皇后面前再表演一次，他也要求他们在剧中加一些他自己想的台词，以使这出戏更像发生在他父亲身上的事。哈姆雷特对自己说：“假如克劳迪斯真的有罪，当他在观赏这出戏时，他的脸将会变得苍白。那个时候我就会相信鬼魂告诉我的事是真的，我会非常仔细地注意他脸上的表情。”
He told his plan to Horatio, his best friend in the castle, and also asked him to watch the king' s face with the greatest care.
Hamlet went to the king and queen to tell them that he would like to invite them to a play the next evening. They agreed to see the play. They hoped that Hamlet was at last getting better and would come to accept them as his father and mother. He said good night to Claudius and Gertrude, pretending that he was happy that night.
On his way back to his own room, he met Ophelia, who looked so sad and unhappy in the hall. The king and Polonius were hiding behind the curtains of the hall, trying to listen to their conversation.
Hamlet said to Ophelia, "I don' t love you anymore. We are all dirty animals on this earth. Ophelia, you are one of these dirty ones, too. Go to a nunnery. Go away right now, you dirty woman!"
Ophelia was too surprised at his words to say anything to him. It was such a strange and mad thing to say. Polonius thought his guess was right. But the king still doubted Hamlet' s madness.
The king, the queen and Polonius entered a large room where the play was to be shown to the whole court. The king sat with the queen. Hamlet sat by the side of Ophelia. Horatio sat facing the king in order to watch him carefully.
他把他的计划告诉在城堡内的挚友荷瑞修，也要他很仔细地注意国王脸上的表情。
哈姆雷特去见国王和皇后，告诉他们他想邀请他们隔天晚上去欣赏戏剧。他们同意去看这出戏。他们希望哈姆雷特的病情终于能好转起来，并能渐渐接受他们做他的父母亲。哈姆雷特向克劳迪斯和葛楚德说晚安，那天晚上并装出很愉快的样子。
在回到他房间的路上，他在大厅遇到欧菲莉亚，她看起来既伤心又难过。国王和普罗尼尔斯躲在大厅的窗帘后面，设法要听到他们在说些什么。
哈姆雷特对欧菲莉亚说：“我不再爱你了。我们都是世上卑劣的动物。欧菲莉亚，你也是其中之一，去女修道院，现在就去，你这卑劣的女人。”
欧菲莉亚对于他所说的话大感吃惊，以致于搭不上他的话。说出这样的字眼真是荒诞疯狂。普罗尼尔斯认为他的猜测是正确的。但是国王仍旧对哈姆雷特发疯一事感到怀疑。
国王、皇后和普罗尼尔斯走进一间大房间，这出戏即将在这里表演给整个宫廷的人欣赏。国王和皇后坐在一起，哈姆雷特从在欧菲莉亚的旁边，荷瑞修面对国王坐下来为了能仔细地注意他。
The play began. In the play the king and queen were talking on the bench in the beautiful garden. The queen said to the king, "I will love you forever. I will never marry another man if you should die before me. Only women that kill their husbands marry again. " The king in the play was very glad to hear this. As the king fell asleep, the queen left him alone. Just after she left, the king's brother came near the sleeping king and poured a deadly poison into his ear. He was soon killed by this cunning brother who had long wanted to become king and marry the queen.
Seeing this scene, Claudius turned pale and became very angry. He shouted, "Stop the play at once. " He stood up and went out of the room with the queen.
Horatio and Hamlet saw the king show every sign of fear and anger. Hamlet was now quite sure that the ghost had told him the truth. He himself became excited and firmly decided to revenge his father as soon as he could. When the queen came back into her room, she was very worried about her son, who had made the king furious. She wanted to know why Hamlet asked the group of players to show such a disgraceful play before the king. She sent for Hamlet.
Seeing this scene, Claudius turned pale and became very angry. He shouted, "Stop the play at once. " He stood up and went out of the room with the queen.
Horatio and Hamlet saw the king show every sign of fear and anger. Hamlet was now quite sure that the ghost had told him the truth. He himself became excited and firmly decided to revenge his father as soon as he could. When the queen came back into her room, she was very worried about her son, who had made the king furious. She wanted to know why Hamlet asked the group of players to show such a disgraceful play before the king. She sent for Hamlet.
这出戏开始演出了。戏里的国王和皇后正坐在美丽的花园里的长椅上聊天。皇后对国王说：“我永远爱你！万一你比我先死的话，我决不会再嫁给其他的男人。只有杀死他们丈夫的女人才会再嫁。”戏中的国王听到这席话很高兴。国王睡着时，皇后留下他独自一人。就在皇后离去之后，国王的弟弟靠近熟睡中的国王，把致命的毒药倒入耳朵里面。国王很快就被这个长久以来一直渴望成为国王并且娶到皇后的狡猾的弟弟毒死。
克劳迪斯一看到这幕戏，脸色变得苍白，而且感到非常愤怒。他大声叫喊：“立刻停演。”他站起来跟皇后走出这个房间。
荷瑞修和哈姆雷特看到国王显露出种种害怕、愤怒的迹象。哈姆雷特此时十分确信鬼魂告诉他的真相。他本人显得很激动，并下定决定要尽快替他父亲报仇。皇后回到他的房间里时，很为激怒国王的儿子担忧。她想知道为什么哈姆雷特要这群演员在国王面前表演这么可耻的戏剧。她派人去请哈姆雷特过来。
克劳迪斯一看到这幕戏，脸色变得苍白，而且感到非常愤怒。他大声叫喊：“立刻停演。”他站起来跟皇后走出这个房间。
荷瑞修和哈姆雷特看到国王显露出种种害怕、愤怒的迹象。哈姆雷特此时十分确信鬼魂告诉他的真相。他本人显得很激动，并下定决定要尽快替他父亲报仇。皇后回到他的房间里时，很为激怒国王的儿子担忧。她想知道为什么哈姆雷特要这群演员在国王面前表演这么可耻的戏剧。她派人去请哈姆雷特过来。
Hamlet hurriedly walked to her room where she was uneasily waiting for him. On the way to his mother' s room, Hamlet saw Claudius kneeling down to pray in his room. He thought he could kill him right then. But he did not do it. He said to himself, "If I kill him when he is praying to God, he will not go to hell. I had better kill him when he is angry or doing something bad. Then he is sure to go to hell. " So he stopped thinking of killing Claudius for the moment.
Hamlet did not know that the doubting king had commanded Polonius to hide behind the curtains in the queen' s room so that he could see what might happen there. As soon as Hamlet came into her room, his mother began to scold him for what he had done to the king. She said angrily, "You have made your father very angry. You must beg his pardon."
Hamlet would not listen to her, but answered back. He said, "It is you who are to blame. You married that unkind and unkingly uncle of mine so soon after my father' s death.
You should be ashamed of your deed. I will never accept him as my father. He does not deserve to be King of Denmark. I will tell you again. It is not I but you and that dirty Claudius that should repent."
哈姆雷特匆忙地走向她的房间，那时她正在房间内不安地等候他。在去他母亲房间的路上，哈姆雷特看到克劳迪斯跪在他的房间内祷告。他心想他现在可以杀了克劳迪斯，但是他并没有这样做。他对自己说：“我若在他向上帝祷告的时候杀了他，他将不会下地狱。我最好在他生气或是做错事的时候杀他，这样他就一定会下地狱。” 于是他此刻先抛开想杀克劳迪斯的念头。
哈姆雷特不知道这位疑心的国王早已命令普罗尼尔斯躲在皇后房内的窗帘后面，以便他能看到那里可能发生的事。哈姆雷特一走进她的房间，他的母亲就为他对国王所做的事开始责骂他。她很生气地说：“你激怒了你的父亲，你必须去请求他原谅你。”
哈姆雷特不听她的话，反而顶嘴说：“该受责备的是你。你在我父亲去世后这么快就嫁给我那个心怀不仁、不配当国王的叔叔。你才应该为你的行为感到羞耻。我绝不接受他做我的父亲。他没有资格当丹麦的国王。我再告诉你一遍，该忏悔的不是我，而是你和那个卑劣的克劳迪斯。”
The queen became excited at hearing this and tried to run out of the room. Hamlet grabbed her by the wrist so roughly that she was frightened and cried out, "Are you going to kill me? Help! Help!"
On hearing the queen' s cry for help, Polonius, who was hiding behind the curtains, also cried, "Hamlet! Don't hurt the queen. Someone! Help the queen!"
Hamlet shouted, "What is that? A rat?" Thinking that it was Claudius, he drew his sword and rushed to the curtains. The man behind the curtains fell dead. Hamlet was shocked to see the dead body of Polonius, Ophelia' s father, there.
"Oh, Hamlet. What a cruel thing you have done!" cried the queen in terror.
Hamlet answered, "No, it is not I but you that have done a cruel thing."
Then suddenly, the ghost of his father appeared before them. His mother could neither see nor hear it. It said, "Hamlet, do not harm the queen, because she is your mother; kill Claudius as quickly as possible. Now, Hamlet, get out of this room!"
"Yes, I will, Father," said Hamlet to the ghost. The queen thought that Hamlet was really mad. Hamlet obeyed his father's advice and left the queen and the dead body of Polonius .
哈姆雷特不知道这位疑心的国王早已命令普罗尼尔斯躲在皇后房内的窗帘后面，以便他能看到那里可能发生的事。哈姆雷特一走进她的房间，他的母亲就为他对国王所做的事开始责骂他。她很生气地说：“你激怒了你的父亲，你必须去请求他原谅你。”
哈姆雷特不听她的话，反而顶嘴说：“该受责备的是你。你在我父亲去世后这么快就嫁给我那个心怀不仁、不配当国王的叔叔。你才应该为你的行为感到羞耻。我绝不接受他做我的父亲。他没有资格当丹麦的国王。我再告诉你一遍，该忏悔的不是我，而是你和那个卑劣的克劳迪斯。”
The queen became excited at hearing this and tried to run out of the room. Hamlet grabbed her by the wrist so roughly that she was frightened and cried out, "Are you going to kill me? Help! Help!"
On hearing the queen' s cry for help, Polonius, who was hiding behind the curtains, also cried, "Hamlet! Don't hurt the queen. Someone! Help the queen!"
Hamlet shouted, "What is that? A rat?" Thinking that it was Claudius, he drew his sword and rushed to the curtains. The man behind the curtains fell dead. Hamlet was shocked to see the dead body of Polonius, Ophelia' s father, there.
"Oh, Hamlet. What a cruel thing you have done!" cried the queen in terror.
Hamlet answered, "No, it is not I but you that have done a cruel thing."
Then suddenly, the ghost of his father appeared before them. His mother could neither see nor hear it. It said, "Hamlet, do not harm the queen, because she is your mother; kill Claudius as quickly as possible. Now, Hamlet, get out of this room!"
"Yes, I will, Father," said Hamlet to the ghost. The queen thought that Hamlet was really mad. Hamlet obeyed his father's advice and left the queen and the dead body of Polonius .
皇后听了这些话变得很激动，想设法逃离房间。哈姆雷特狠狠地抓住她的手腕，以致于她感到害怕而大叫说：“你是不是想杀我？救命啊！救命啊！”
躲在窗帘后面的普罗尼尔斯一听到皇后喊救命，也大叫说：“哈姆雷特，不要伤害皇后！来人啊！救救皇后！”
哈姆雷特大叫说：“那是什么？老鼠吗？”哈姆雷特以为那个人是克劳迪斯，他拨出剑冲向窗帘。窗帘后的人跌落在地上死了。哈姆雷特看到地上欧菲莉亚的父亲普罗尼尔斯的尸体，大感震惊。
“哦！哈姆雷特。你做了一件好残忍的事啊！”皇后惊恐地大叫。
哈姆雷特回道：“我没有，做了一件残忍的事的不是我而是你。”
那时，他父亲的鬼魂突然出现在他们的面前。他的母亲既看不见也听不到鬼魂说话的声音。鬼魂说：“哈姆雷特，不要伤害皇后，因为她是你的母亲；尽快杀死克劳迪斯。哈姆雷特，现在就离开这个房间！”
“好的，我会的，父亲。”哈姆雷特对鬼魂说。皇后认为哈姆雷特是真的疯了。哈姆雷特遵照他父亲的劝告，离开皇后和普罗尼尔斯的尸体。
躲在窗帘后面的普罗尼尔斯一听到皇后喊救命，也大叫说：“哈姆雷特，不要伤害皇后！来人啊！救救皇后！”
哈姆雷特大叫说：“那是什么？老鼠吗？”哈姆雷特以为那个人是克劳迪斯，他拨出剑冲向窗帘。窗帘后的人跌落在地上死了。哈姆雷特看到地上欧菲莉亚的父亲普罗尼尔斯的尸体，大感震惊。
“哦！哈姆雷特。你做了一件好残忍的事啊！”皇后惊恐地大叫。
哈姆雷特回道：“我没有，做了一件残忍的事的不是我而是你。”
那时，他父亲的鬼魂突然出现在他们的面前。他的母亲既看不见也听不到鬼魂说话的声音。鬼魂说：“哈姆雷特，不要伤害皇后，因为她是你的母亲；尽快杀死克劳迪斯。哈姆雷特，现在就离开这个房间！”
“好的，我会的，父亲。”哈姆雷特对鬼魂说。皇后认为哈姆雷特是真的疯了。哈姆雷特遵照他父亲的劝告，离开皇后和普罗尼尔斯的尸体。
The queen hurried to the king and told him that Hamlet had killed Polonius in his madness. Upon hearing this, he thought of an evil plan. He said to himself, "Hamlet was mad enough to kill his lover's father. He may kill me, too. I must send him somewhere else. I cannot live with such a dangerous person."
Claudius made up his mind to send Hamlet over to England with his two men who used to be Hamlet' s old friends. He had the two men deliver a letter to the English king, in which he asked him to kill Hamlet as soon as they arrived in England. Though Hamlet had killed one of Claudius's noblemen, all the people in the nation loved him very much. That was why Claudius could not kill Hamlet.
Hamlet and the two men set sail for England. While on board the ship, Hamlet asked himself why he was sent abroad. He became very uneasy. He suspected that Claudius must have planned something bad. He didn't trust his two old friends, either.
While the two men were sleeping in the ship, Hamlet found the letter written by the king. He read it and knew the king's plan. Hamlet had a good Idea. He rubbed out his name and wrote the names of the two men instead.
皇后急忙跑去见国王并告诉他哈姆雷特已经在疯狂之下杀死了普罗尼尔斯。国王一听到这件事，就想到了一个恶毒的计划。他自言自语道：“哈姆雷特已经疯狂到杀他爱人的父亲，他也会杀死我。我必须把他遣送到别的地方去。我不能跟这么危险的人生活在一起。”
克劳迪斯决定把哈姆雷特连同他两个手下一起送英格兰，这两个手下曾经是哈姆雷特的老友。他叫这两个手下带一封信给英格兰国王。信中他要求英格兰国王在他们一到达英格兰时就杀死哈姆雷特。虽然哈姆雷特曾经杀死一个克劳迪斯的贵族，但是全国百姓仍然很爱戴他，那就是为什么克劳迪斯不能杀死哈姆雷特的原因。
哈姆雷特和那两个人坐船出发前往英格兰。在船上的时候，哈姆雷特自问他为什么会送往国外。他显得非常不安。他怀疑克劳迪斯一定有什么恶毒的计划。他也不相信人的两个老朋友。
趁着这两个人在船上睡觉的时候，哈姆雷特发现这封国王写的信。他看了这封信也知道了国王的计划。哈姆雷特想到了一个好主意，他擦掉信上自己的名字，换写上这两个人的名字。
克劳迪斯决定把哈姆雷特连同他两个手下一起送英格兰，这两个手下曾经是哈姆雷特的老友。他叫这两个手下带一封信给英格兰国王。信中他要求英格兰国王在他们一到达英格兰时就杀死哈姆雷特。虽然哈姆雷特曾经杀死一个克劳迪斯的贵族，但是全国百姓仍然很爱戴他，那就是为什么克劳迪斯不能杀死哈姆雷特的原因。
哈姆雷特和那两个人坐船出发前往英格兰。在船上的时候，哈姆雷特自问他为什么会送往国外。他显得非常不安。他怀疑克劳迪斯一定有什么恶毒的计划。他也不相信人的两个老朋友。
趁着这两个人在船上睡觉的时候，哈姆雷特发现这封国王写的信。他看了这封信也知道了国王的计划。哈姆雷特想到了一个好主意，他擦掉信上自己的名字，换写上这两个人的名字。
The next day Hamlet' s ship was attacked by pirates. Hamlet was so brave that he jumped onto the pirates' ship and fought against them. While Hamlet was fighting, his ship sailed away. At last he was caught as a prisoner by several strong pirates. He told them that he was the Prince of Denmark. Then they suddenly became kind to him and promised his safe return to Denmark. Hamlet thanked them and promised to reward them after he became king of Denmark.
When Hamlet went ashore, he wrote to Claudius, telling him of his return to Denmark. He said in the letter that he would like to tell him everything that had happened at sea. He did not refer to the letter written to the English king. He also wrote to his best friend, Horatio, asking him to come to meet him the next day.
The following day they met and Hamlet told Horatio that the king had planned to kill him in England. They began walking toward the castle.
As they came near the castle, they saw two old men digging a grave. "Whose grave are you digging, old men?" asked Hamlet. They answered so uncertainly and strangely that Hamlet could not understand what they were saying. Little did he think that it was a grave for his dear Ophelia.
When Hamlet went ashore, he wrote to Claudius, telling him of his return to Denmark. He said in the letter that he would like to tell him everything that had happened at sea. He did not refer to the letter written to the English king. He also wrote to his best friend, Horatio, asking him to come to meet him the next day.
The following day they met and Hamlet told Horatio that the king had planned to kill him in England. They began walking toward the castle.
As they came near the castle, they saw two old men digging a grave. "Whose grave are you digging, old men?" asked Hamlet. They answered so uncertainly and strangely that Hamlet could not understand what they were saying. Little did he think that it was a grave for his dear Ophelia.
隔天，哈姆雷特的船遭到海盗的攻击。哈姆雷特很勇敢地跳上海盗船跟他们战斗。当哈姆雷特在战斗之际，他的船趁机开走了。最后他被几个强壮的海盗抓住而沦为阶下囚。他告诉海盗们他是丹麦的王子。这时海盗们突然对他仁慈起来并答应让他安全返回丹麦。哈姆雷特很感谢他们并且允诺在他当了丹麦国王以后会奖赏他们。
哈姆雷特上岸时，就写信给克劳迪斯，告诉他他已经返回丹麦了。他在信中表示他想将海上所发生的事一一告诉克劳迪斯。他没有提到那封写给英格兰国王的信。他也写信给他的挚友荷瑞修，要荷瑞修次日来见他。
第二天他们见面了，哈姆雷特把国王计划在英格兰要杀死他本人的事告诉了荷瑞修。他们开始朝城堡的方向走去。
他们来到城堡附近时，看见两个老人家正在挖一个墓穴。“老伯，你们正在挖谁的墓穴呢？”哈姆雷特问道。他们的回答既不确定又很怪异，以致哈姆雷特无法了解他们在说些什么。他万万没想到这个墓穴是用来埋葬他心爱的欧菲莉亚的。
哈姆雷特上岸时，就写信给克劳迪斯，告诉他他已经返回丹麦了。他在信中表示他想将海上所发生的事一一告诉克劳迪斯。他没有提到那封写给英格兰国王的信。他也写信给他的挚友荷瑞修，要荷瑞修次日来见他。
第二天他们见面了，哈姆雷特把国王计划在英格兰要杀死他本人的事告诉了荷瑞修。他们开始朝城堡的方向走去。
他们来到城堡附近时，看见两个老人家正在挖一个墓穴。“老伯，你们正在挖谁的墓穴呢？”哈姆雷特问道。他们的回答既不确定又很怪异，以致哈姆雷特无法了解他们在说些什么。他万万没想到这个墓穴是用来埋葬他心爱的欧菲莉亚的。
While Hamlet was away from Denmark, a very sad thing had happened to Ophelia . She began to lose her mind after she learned that her father had been killed by Hamlet. From then on she often walked around the castle alone, singing sadly. One day when she was walking near a stream, singing a sad love song, she found some pretty flowers there. Trying To pick them up, she slipped down the bank into the stream. Some time later she was found drowned. Neither Hamlet nor Horatio knew about this unhappy event.
A few minutes later, a group of men and women came to the grave. Hamlet and Horatio saw, among them, the king and queen, and Laertes, Ophelia's brother. They were carrying the dead body of Ophelia. Hamlet and Horatio hid themselves behind the bushes in order that they might not be seen by them.
Ophelia was laid into the grave. The priest began the funeral service for her. While the priest was praying, the queen threw some beautiful flowers into the grave, saying, "Now that you are dead, I hope you may have peace in heaven, my dear sweet lady. I had hoped that you would become my Hamlet's wife. "
哈姆雷特离开丹麦的时候，一件令人非常伤心的事发生在欧菲莉亚的身上。在她获知她的父亲被哈姆雷特杀死之后，她便失去理智了，从那时起，她就经常一个人悲伤地唱着歌,绕着城堡走。有一天当她唱着一首哀伤的情歌，走近一条小溪流时，她发现那里有一些美丽的花朵。她设法要去摘那些花，却自溪岸失足滑到溪里去了。过了一段时间，她被人发现时已经溺死了。哈姆雷特和荷瑞修都不知道这件不幸的事。
过了几分钟，一群男女来到墓穴边。在人群之中哈姆雷特和荷瑞修看到国王和皇后以及欧菲莉亚的哥哥莱尔提斯，他们正在抬着欧菲莉亚和遗体。哈姆雷特和荷瑞修躲在矮树丛后面，以免被他们看见。
欧菲莉亚被安置在墓穴内。牧师开始为她举行葬礼仪式。当牧师正在祷告的时候，皇后撒了一些花到墓穴里，同时说道：“我亲爱的小姐，既然你已经去世了，我希望你在天堂可以得到安宁。我曾希望你能成为我的儿子哈姆雷特的妻子。”
Then suddenly Laertes jumped into the grave and held her in his arms.
"You were the loveliest sister in the world. Why did you kill yourself? Bury me alive beside you, " cried Laertes.
Upon hearing Laertes' words, Hamlet rushed out of the bushes and jumped into the grave. He intended to take Ophelia into his arms.
"I loved Ophelia much more than you, Laertes. Give me back my Ophelia," cried Hamlet to him.
As Laertes thought Hamlet was responsible for his sister's death as well as for his father's, he wanted to kill him. He said to Hamlet, "It is you, Hamlet, who killed my father and sister. Though you are the prince of our country, I cannot forgive you. I will kill you here, today, for my poor family."
They started fighting in the grave. But soon they were separated by the other men who were there.
After Hamlet and Horatio had left the grave of Ophelia, the king called Laertes to him and told him that he had an idea. He advised Laertes to have a friendly sword fight with Hamlet at the hall of the castle the next day. Upon hearing the king' s plan, Laertes agreed with him. This wicked king, Claudius, was going to capitalize on the grief and anger of Laertes for the death of his father and sister to destroy Hamlet .
A few minutes later, a group of men and women came to the grave. Hamlet and Horatio saw, among them, the king and queen, and Laertes, Ophelia's brother. They were carrying the dead body of Ophelia. Hamlet and Horatio hid themselves behind the bushes in order that they might not be seen by them.
Ophelia was laid into the grave. The priest began the funeral service for her. While the priest was praying, the queen threw some beautiful flowers into the grave, saying, "Now that you are dead, I hope you may have peace in heaven, my dear sweet lady. I had hoped that you would become my Hamlet's wife. "
哈姆雷特离开丹麦的时候，一件令人非常伤心的事发生在欧菲莉亚的身上。在她获知她的父亲被哈姆雷特杀死之后，她便失去理智了，从那时起，她就经常一个人悲伤地唱着歌,绕着城堡走。有一天当她唱着一首哀伤的情歌，走近一条小溪流时，她发现那里有一些美丽的花朵。她设法要去摘那些花，却自溪岸失足滑到溪里去了。过了一段时间，她被人发现时已经溺死了。哈姆雷特和荷瑞修都不知道这件不幸的事。
过了几分钟，一群男女来到墓穴边。在人群之中哈姆雷特和荷瑞修看到国王和皇后以及欧菲莉亚的哥哥莱尔提斯，他们正在抬着欧菲莉亚和遗体。哈姆雷特和荷瑞修躲在矮树丛后面，以免被他们看见。
欧菲莉亚被安置在墓穴内。牧师开始为她举行葬礼仪式。当牧师正在祷告的时候，皇后撒了一些花到墓穴里，同时说道：“我亲爱的小姐，既然你已经去世了，我希望你在天堂可以得到安宁。我曾希望你能成为我的儿子哈姆雷特的妻子。”
Then suddenly Laertes jumped into the grave and held her in his arms.
"You were the loveliest sister in the world. Why did you kill yourself? Bury me alive beside you, " cried Laertes.
Upon hearing Laertes' words, Hamlet rushed out of the bushes and jumped into the grave. He intended to take Ophelia into his arms.
"I loved Ophelia much more than you, Laertes. Give me back my Ophelia," cried Hamlet to him.
As Laertes thought Hamlet was responsible for his sister's death as well as for his father's, he wanted to kill him. He said to Hamlet, "It is you, Hamlet, who killed my father and sister. Though you are the prince of our country, I cannot forgive you. I will kill you here, today, for my poor family."
They started fighting in the grave. But soon they were separated by the other men who were there.
After Hamlet and Horatio had left the grave of Ophelia, the king called Laertes to him and told him that he had an idea. He advised Laertes to have a friendly sword fight with Hamlet at the hall of the castle the next day. Upon hearing the king' s plan, Laertes agreed with him. This wicked king, Claudius, was going to capitalize on the grief and anger of Laertes for the death of his father and sister to destroy Hamlet .
就在那时莱尔提斯突然跳进墓穴中，将欧菲莉亚抱在怀中。
“你是世上最美丽的妹妹。为什么你要自杀呢？将我活埋在你身边吧，”莱尔提斯哭着说。
哈姆雷特一听到莱尔提斯的话，立刻从矮丛后冲出来跳进墓穴中。他想要把欧菲莉亚抱入怀中。
“我比你更爱欧菲莉亚，莱尔提斯，哈姆雷特对莱尔提斯大叫。
因为莱尔提斯认为哈姆雷特要为他妹妹和父亲的死负责，所以他真想杀死他。他对哈姆雷特说：“哈姆雷特，杀死我父亲和妹妹的是你。虽然你是我国的王子，但是我不会宽恕你。今天我要在这里为我可怜的家人杀死你。
他们开始在墓穴中打斗。但是很快地他们被在场的其他人拉开了。
哈姆雷物和荷瑞修离开墓穴之后，国王召唤莱尔提斯到他跟前，告诉他说他有一个好主意。国王建议莱尔提斯隔天在城堡的大厅跟哈姆雷特举行一场击剑友谊赛。莱尔提斯一听到国王的计划，立刻表示同意。克劳迪斯这个邪恶的国王将要利用莱尔提斯因为他父亲和妹妹的死而产生的悲伤和愤怒来铲除哈姆雷特。
The king suggested that Laertes should use a sharp sword with poison on the tip of it. Such a sword was very dangerous, so, of course, it was not allowed in a friendly fight. If Laertes struck Hamlet hard with the sword, he would be killed within a few minutes. Laertes was so good at fencing that the king was sure that he would kill Hamlet during the match. The king intended to have Hamlet use a blunt sword. However, in case Hamlet should win the contest, he prepared a glass of poisoned wine. He was going to offer it to Hamlet, pretending to admire his victory. He hoped Hamlet would drink it and die.
One of the king' s men came to Hamlet to tell him about the contest between Hamlet and Laertes the next day. He accepted the proposal at once, as he thought it was just a friendly contest.
The next day a number of people came to the hall where the contest was to be held. They had been looking forward to seeing the contest between the two young men. The king and queen sat at the table on which the glass of poisoned wine had been placed.
One of the king' s men came to Hamlet to tell him about the contest between Hamlet and Laertes the next day. He accepted the proposal at once, as he thought it was just a friendly contest.
The next day a number of people came to the hall where the contest was to be held. They had been looking forward to seeing the contest between the two young men. The king and queen sat at the table on which the glass of poisoned wine had been placed.
国王建议莱尔提斯使用一把尖端涂有剧毒的利剑。这种剑相当危险，因此，友谊赛中当然是不可以使用这种剑的。如果莱尔提斯用这种剑把哈姆雷特杀成重伤，那么他在几分钟之内就会丧命。莱尔提斯是一位剑术高手，因此国王相信他一定能在比赛中杀死哈姆雷特。国王想让哈姆雷特使用一把钝剑。然而，万一哈姆雷特赢了这场比赛，国王已准备了一杯毒酒。他会假装庆贺哈姆雷特的胜利，把这杯毒酒赐给他。国王希望哈姆雷特喝了这杯酒后就死去。
国王的一位亲信来见哈姆雷特，告诉他关于隔天他和莱尔提斯之间的比赛。哈姆雷特立刻接受这个提议，因为他认为那只是一场友谊赛而已。
隔天一群人来到即将举行比赛的大厅。他们一直期望能欣赏到这两位年轻人的比赛。国王和皇后坐在放有那杯毒酒的这一桌。
国王的一位亲信来见哈姆雷特，告诉他关于隔天他和莱尔提斯之间的比赛。哈姆雷特立刻接受这个提议，因为他认为那只是一场友谊赛而已。
隔天一群人来到即将举行比赛的大厅。他们一直期望能欣赏到这两位年轻人的比赛。国王和皇后坐在放有那杯毒酒的这一桌。
Before the contest, Hamlet asked Laertes to forgive him for killing his father by accident. They shook hands with each other. At first Hamlet seemed to be winning. He fought more skillfully than Laertes, but both of them seemed to become very tired. The king said, "Stop the fight. Have a rest for a while." They stopped fighting. All the people watching gave them a big hand. Hamlet' s mother was very glad to see how strong her son was. Claudius offered the glass of poisoned wine to Hamlet, saying, "Have a drink, Hamlet."
"No, thank you. I will drink it after the contest," said Hamlet. After a short while, they began to fight again.
This time Laertes seemed to fight better and at last he struck Hamlet slightly on the shoulder with his sharp sword. Seeing this, the queen became very excited. She felt so thirsty that she picked up the poisoned glass of wine from the table and drank half of it. The king was too absorbed in watching the fight to notice her drinking the poisoned wine. To his deep regret, he had not said anything to her about the poisoned wine.
"No, thank you. I will drink it after the contest," said Hamlet. After a short while, they began to fight again.
This time Laertes seemed to fight better and at last he struck Hamlet slightly on the shoulder with his sharp sword. Seeing this, the queen became very excited. She felt so thirsty that she picked up the poisoned glass of wine from the table and drank half of it. The king was too absorbed in watching the fight to notice her drinking the poisoned wine. To his deep regret, he had not said anything to her about the poisoned wine.
比赛开始之前，哈姆雷特为意外杀死莱尔提斯的父亲，请求莱尔提斯原谅他。他们彼此互相握手。起初，哈姆雷特似乎会打赢，他的剑术比莱尔提斯更加高明，但他们两人似乎都显得非常疲累。国王开口说：“比赛暂停，休息一会儿。”他们更停止打斗。所有在场观看的人都对他们两人报以热烈的掌声。哈姆雷特的母亲看到她儿子如此的强壮，感到非常高兴。克劳迪斯赐给哈姆雷特那杯毒酒说：“喝杯酒吧，哈姆雷特。”
“不必了，多谢。比赛结束后我再喝。”哈姆雷特说。片刻之后，他们又开始比赛。
这一次莱尔提斯似乎批得比较好，最后他用利剑轻微地刺伤哈姆雷特的肩膀。皇后看到这一幕显得很激动。她觉得口渴因此顺手拿起桌上的毒酒喝了半杯。国王太专注于观看这场比赛，以致于没有注意到她喝了那杯毒酒。令国王深感后悔的是，他没有把关于毒酒的事告诉她。
“不必了，多谢。比赛结束后我再喝。”哈姆雷特说。片刻之后，他们又开始比赛。
这一次莱尔提斯似乎批得比较好，最后他用利剑轻微地刺伤哈姆雷特的肩膀。皇后看到这一幕显得很激动。她觉得口渴因此顺手拿起桌上的毒酒喝了半杯。国王太专注于观看这场比赛，以致于没有注意到她喝了那杯毒酒。令国王深感后悔的是，他没有把关于毒酒的事告诉她。
During the second half of the fight, the two men dropped their swords and each man happened to pick up the other man's sword. Soon Hamlet gave Laertes a deadly blow with the poisoned sword. No sooner had Laertes fallen to the floor than the queen fell from her chair, crying, "I have been poisoned! The wine was poisoned! Oh, my dear Hamlet!" Gertrude soon lay dead. Laertes was still alive, though he was mortally wounded.
He cried, "The king planned everything. He is responsible for this unfair sword contest and the poisoned wine. He is to blame. I am very sorry, Hamlet." Soon after saying this, he died.
Hamlet now knew about Claudius' s evil plan. He also realized that his own life was slipping away because of the poisoned sword. With the last ounce of his strength, Hamlet rushed to the king and struck him with the poisoned sword, saying, "You wicked man! You are sure to go to hell." He also forced the king to drink the rest of the poisoned wine. At last he carried out his promise to his father's ghost.
Hamlet was barely able to breathe. Then he became aware that Horatio was trying to kill himself with his own sword. Horatio wanted to join the prince in death.
He cried, "The king planned everything. He is responsible for this unfair sword contest and the poisoned wine. He is to blame. I am very sorry, Hamlet." Soon after saying this, he died.
Hamlet now knew about Claudius' s evil plan. He also realized that his own life was slipping away because of the poisoned sword. With the last ounce of his strength, Hamlet rushed to the king and struck him with the poisoned sword, saying, "You wicked man! You are sure to go to hell." He also forced the king to drink the rest of the poisoned wine. At last he carried out his promise to his father's ghost.
Hamlet was barely able to breathe. Then he became aware that Horatio was trying to kill himself with his own sword. Horatio wanted to join the prince in death.
在下半场比赛中，两个人的剑都掉在地上，而碰巧的是他们各自都捡到对方的剑。不久哈姆雷特用这把毒剑给莱尔提斯致命的一击。莱尔提斯被刺倒在地上，皇后同时从椅子上跌倒在地，大叫说：“我中毒了！这酒有毒！啊！这亲爱的哈姆雷特。”葛楚德很快地倒在地上死了。莱尔提斯虽然受到了致命剑伤，但他仍然活着。
他叫着说：“这一切都是国王的计谋。他必须为这场不公平的剑击比赛和这杯毒酒负责。他应该受到责罚，我感到非常抱歉，哈姆雷特。”说完这些话不久他就死了。
哈姆雷特如今已经知道克劳迪斯恶毒的计谋。他也知道由于这把毒剑，他的生命即将结束。哈姆雷特用尽最后的一点力气，冲向国王用这把毒剑刺杀他，并说：“你这个恶毒的人！你一定会下地狱，”他也逼国王喝下剩余的毒酒。终于他实现对父亲的鬼魂所做的承诺。
哈姆雷特快要断气了。接着他知道荷瑞修企图用自己的剑自杀。荷瑞修想追随王子而死。
"Stop it, Horatio! Listen! You must live to tell this sad story to the world, " cried Hamlet gaspingly.
Horatio threw away the sword when he heard the last words of Hamlet and said, "Yes, Hamlet. I will, my dear Prince of Denmark"
He firmly promised that he would tell the true story of Hamlet to the world. As soon as Hamlet heard these words from Horatio, he felt happy and his noble heart stopped beating. Everyone present at this terrible scene prayed to God that Hamlet might rest in peace. ( The End )
Horatio threw away the sword when he heard the last words of Hamlet and said, "Yes, Hamlet. I will, my dear Prince of Denmark"
He firmly promised that he would tell the true story of Hamlet to the world. As soon as Hamlet heard these words from Horatio, he felt happy and his noble heart stopped beating. Everyone present at this terrible scene prayed to God that Hamlet might rest in peace. ( The End )
“住手，荷瑞修！听着！你必须活着把这个悲惨的故事告诉全世界的人。”哈姆雷特喘息地叫着说。
他坚定地承诺一定会将哈姆雷特的真实故事告诉全世界。哈姆雷特听到荷瑞修说的话，感到很欣慰，他那颗高贵的心也停止跳动了。每一个目睹此一悲惨情景的人都向上帝祷告祈求哈姆雷特能得到安息。 ( 结束 )
青蛙王子
Many, many years ago, there lived a king. He had many beautiful daughters. And the youngest one was very lovely, and even the sun was surprised to see her when he shone on her face.
Near the king's castle lay a dark, gloomy forest. In the middle of the forest there was a fountain.
One day, the king' s daughter went into the forest when it was very hot. She sat down on the side of the cool fountain. Then she began to toss a golden ball in the air, and catch it. It was a most interesting game to her.
Once, however, the king' s daughter failed to catch the golden ball. It fell on the ground, and rolled into the water.
The princess followed it with her eyes, but soon it disappeared. The water was very deep and she could not see the bottom.
Then she cried aloud, and began to weep. Soon she heard a voice. It said, "Why are you weeping, princess? Your tears can melt even the stones!"
She looked around and saw a frog. He was stretching his thick ugly head out of the water.
"Oh, there you are, old waterpaddler," she said. "I am crying for the loss of my golden ball. It has fallen into into the fountain."
Near the king's castle lay a dark, gloomy forest. In the middle of the forest there was a fountain.
One day, the king' s daughter went into the forest when it was very hot. She sat down on the side of the cool fountain. Then she began to toss a golden ball in the air, and catch it. It was a most interesting game to her.
Once, however, the king' s daughter failed to catch the golden ball. It fell on the ground, and rolled into the water.
The princess followed it with her eyes, but soon it disappeared. The water was very deep and she could not see the bottom.
Then she cried aloud, and began to weep. Soon she heard a voice. It said, "Why are you weeping, princess? Your tears can melt even the stones!"
She looked around and saw a frog. He was stretching his thick ugly head out of the water.
"Oh, there you are, old waterpaddler," she said. "I am crying for the loss of my golden ball. It has fallen into into the fountain."
很久很久以前，有一位国王，他有很多美丽的女儿。而小女儿更是楚楚动人，连太阳照在她脸上时都会觉得惊讶。
在国王的城堡附近有一片幽暗的森林。森林中央有一座喷水池。
有一天，天气很热，国王的小女儿到森林里去。她坐在清凉的喷水池旁边。然后她开始往空中抛金球，再把它接住。对她来说，这是非常有趣的游戏。
然而，有一次国王的女儿没能将球接住。它掉在地上，然后滚进水中。
公主的眼光追随着它，不久它就消失了。水非常深，她见不到底。
这时她大声喊叫，开始哭了起来。不久她听到一个声音说：“你为什么哭呢，公主？你的眼泪甚至能把石头溶化掉。”她四处看了一下，看到了一只青蛙，它那肥厚而又丑陋的脑袋正伸出水面。她说：“哦，原来是你这划水家伙在这儿。我哭是因为我的金球不见了。它掉到喷水池里去了。”
"Then weep no more," said the frog. "I can get it for you. But what will you give me if I fetch your plaything?"
"Oh, I will give you anything, dear frog," she replied. "What will you want----my dresses, my pearls and jewels, or my golden crown?"
"I don't want any of them," answered the frog. "Your clothes, your pearls and your jewels, or even your golden crown, are nothing to me. I want you to love me, and let me be your companion. I'd like to sit at your table, eat from your golden plate, and drink out of your cup, and sleep in your nice bed. If you promise me all this, I will dive down into the water and bring up your pretty golden ball."
“Oh, yes," she replied. "I will promise you anything if only you bring back my ball."
But she thought to herself that a silly frog like him could not be fit to associate with mankind.
"Oh, I will give you anything, dear frog," she replied. "What will you want----my dresses, my pearls and jewels, or my golden crown?"
"I don't want any of them," answered the frog. "Your clothes, your pearls and your jewels, or even your golden crown, are nothing to me. I want you to love me, and let me be your companion. I'd like to sit at your table, eat from your golden plate, and drink out of your cup, and sleep in your nice bed. If you promise me all this, I will dive down into the water and bring up your pretty golden ball."
“Oh, yes," she replied. "I will promise you anything if only you bring back my ball."
But she thought to herself that a silly frog like him could not be fit to associate with mankind.
青蛙说：“不要哭了，我可以帮你拿回来。但是如果我把你的玩具找回来，你要给我什么呢？”她回答说：“哦，我会给你任何东西，亲爱的青蛙。你要什么－－我的衣服，珍珠，珠宝还是我金色的王冠呢？”青蛙答道：“我不要这些东西。你的衣服，珍珠，甚至于你金色的王冠对我来说，不值一文。我要你爱我，并让我做你的伴侣。我要坐在你桌子上，用你的金盘吃东西，用你的杯子喝水，并睡在你舒适的床上。如果你答应我这些，我就潜到水里去把你漂亮的金球拿上来。”她回答说：“哦，好的。只要你把我的金球拿回来，我什么都答应你。”但是她心想，像它那样愚笨的青蛙是不配和人类交往的。
The frog believed the king' s daughter. He dipped his head under the water and dived to the bottom. After a while he carried the ball to the surface, and threw it onto the grass.
When the king' s daughter saw the beautiful ball, she was full of joy. She took it and ran away as fast as she could.
"Wait, wait," cried the frog. "Take me with you! I can't run as fast as you. " But the young princess would not listen to the frog's croaking. She ran to the palace as fast as she could, and soon forgot the poor frog. So the frog returned to the fountain and remained there.
The next day, however, when the princess was sitting with the king and eating out of her own little golden plate, she heard a strange noise on the marble steps outside. Then came a knock on the door, and a voice cried, "Lovely princess, open the door for me. " So she rose and went to the door.
When the king' s daughter saw the beautiful ball, she was full of joy. She took it and ran away as fast as she could.
"Wait, wait," cried the frog. "Take me with you! I can't run as fast as you. " But the young princess would not listen to the frog's croaking. She ran to the palace as fast as she could, and soon forgot the poor frog. So the frog returned to the fountain and remained there.
The next day, however, when the princess was sitting with the king and eating out of her own little golden plate, she heard a strange noise on the marble steps outside. Then came a knock on the door, and a voice cried, "Lovely princess, open the door for me. " So she rose and went to the door.
青蛙相信国王女儿的话。它把头浸入水里，潜至水底。过了一会儿，它把球带出水面，并把它抛在草地上。
国王的女儿看到她漂亮的球时，非常高兴。她把它拿起来，然后飞快地跑掉了。
青蛙叫道：“等一等，带我一起走。我没有办法和你跑得一样快。”但是这位年轻的公主根本不理青蛙的叫声。她尽快地跑回皇宫，不久就把那可怜的青蛙忘记了。于是青蛙返回喷水池旁并待在那儿。
然而，第二天当公主和国王坐在一起，用她的小金盘吃东西时，她听到外面大理石台阶上传来奇怪的声音。然后传来敲门声，一个声音叫道：“美丽的公主，请为我开门。”于是她就起身走到门口去。
But when she caught sight of the frog, she closed the door and seated herself again at the table. She looked quite pale. When the king saw that his daughter was frightened, he asked, "My child, what is at the door? Has a giant come to carry you away?"
“Oh, no, Father," she replied, "it is no giant, only a very ugly frog."
“A frog! What can he want with you, my daughter?"
"Ah, my dear father, I will tell you all about it. Yesterday when I was playing with my golden ball by the fountain in the forest, it rolled into the water, and because I cried, the frog fetched it for me, and 1 promised him that he could come to the castle and be my companion. I thought he could not get out of the water to come to me, and now here he is."
Just then came a second knock on the door, and a voice cried, "King's daughter, king's daughter, open the door for me. You promised that I could be your companion when you sat in the shade and 1 fetched your ball from the bottom of the fountain."
但是当她看到那只青蛙时，便关上门又坐回她的位子上。她看起来脸色苍白。当国王发觉她女儿被吓到时，便问道：“孩子，在门外的是谁？是巨人要来把你带走吗？”她回答：“哦！不是的，父亲。那不是巨人，只不过是只非常丑的青蛙。”
“青蛙！它找你做什么呢，女儿？”
“哦，亲爱的爸爸，我会告诉您一切。昨天我在森林里的喷水池旁玩金球时，它滚到水里面去了。因为我哭了，所以那只青蛙就帮我把球找回来，而我答应它可以到城堡来做我的朋友。我以为它不可能从水中跑来找我，但是现在它已经来了。”就在此时，传来第二次敲门声，一个声音叫道：“国王的女儿，为我开门。你坐在树荫下，而我为你从水底取出你的球时，你曾答应我可以做你的朋友的。”
"Then, my daughter," said the king, "you must keep your promise. Go and let him in at once." So she had to go and open the door, and the frog hopped in after her.
When she sat down, he cried, "Take me up by you." She didn't want to take him up at first, but her father told her to lift the frog onto the chair by her side.
When he was placed on the chair, he jumped upon the table and said, "Now, push your little golden plate nearer, and we will eat together." The princess did as he told her, but everyone could see that she disliked it.
At last he said, "I have eaten and drunk quite enough, and 1 feel very tired, so now carry me upstairs into your little bedroom. Let' s sleep together."
When the princess heard this, she began to weep. She was really afraid of the cold frog. She could not even touch him, and now he wanted to sleep in her neat, beautiful little bed.
When she sat down, he cried, "Take me up by you." She didn't want to take him up at first, but her father told her to lift the frog onto the chair by her side.
When he was placed on the chair, he jumped upon the table and said, "Now, push your little golden plate nearer, and we will eat together." The princess did as he told her, but everyone could see that she disliked it.
At last he said, "I have eaten and drunk quite enough, and 1 feel very tired, so now carry me upstairs into your little bedroom. Let' s sleep together."
When the princess heard this, she began to weep. She was really afraid of the cold frog. She could not even touch him, and now he wanted to sleep in her neat, beautiful little bed.
国王说：“既然如此，女儿，你必须信守你的诺言。立刻让它进来。”她不得已只好去开门，青蛙跟在她后头跳进来。
当她坐下时，它叫道：“把我抱起来坐在你旁边。”起初她不肯把它抱起来，但是她父亲要她把青蛙捧起来放在她旁边的椅子上。
当它被放到椅子上时，它跳到桌子上说：“现在，把你的小金盘推近一点，我们一起来吃东西。”公主照它的话做了，但是每个人都可以看得出来她非常不愿意。
最后它说：“我已经吃饱喝足，而且觉得累了，所以现在带我上楼到你的小卧房去。让我们睡在一起。”当公主听到这些话时，她开始哭了起来。她真的很害怕这只冰冷的青蛙。她甚至不敢摸它，而现在它竟然要睡在她整洁、漂亮的小床上。
But the king was displeased at her tears, and he said, "Don’t despise the frog. He helped you when you were in trouble."
Then she took up the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs and placed him in a comer of her room.
In the evening, however, when the princess was in bed, the frog crept out of his corner and said to her, "1 am very tired. Lift me up and let me sleep in your bed, or I will tell your father."
When the princess heard this, she got very angry. She seized the frog in her hand and threw him against the wall. She said, "You will be quiet now, 1 hope, you ugly frog."
But as he fell, how surprised she was to see the frog! Because the frog had changed into a handsome young prince with beautiful eyes. Afterwards the prince became her constant companion, and at last her father gave his consent to their marriage.
The prince said to her, "I was changed into a frog by a wicked witch, so 1 had to live in the fountain. Only you could release me. No one else in the world had the power to do so.”
但是国王对她的眼泪感到很不悦，就说道：“不要瞧不起青蛙。当你有困难时是它帮了你。”于是她用两根手指头夹起青蛙，把它带到楼上去放在她房间的一个角落里。
然而，当晚上公主就寝时，青蛙从角落里爬出来说：“我很累了。把我捧上去睡在你的床上，要不然我就告诉你父亲。”公主听到这些话时，非常地生气。她把青蛙捉在手上扔向墙壁。她说：“我希望你现在能安静一点，丑陋的青蛙。”但是青蛙落下时，看到它的样子，她大感惊讶！因为青蛙变成了一位有一双美丽眼睛的英俊王子。之后，王子变成她的终身伴侣，最后国王同意了他们的婚事。
王子告诉她说：“我被一个坏巫婆变成一只青蛙，所以我只能住在喷水池里。只有你能解救我。世界上没有任何其他人可以办得到。”
The young prince told her that when they were married, he would take her to his own kingdom. So on the wedding day, a splendid carriage drove up to the door. It was drawn by eight white horses. They had white feathers on their heads and golden harnesses, and by the side of the carriage stood the prince's faithful steward, Harry.
This faithful Harry had been very unhappy when his master was changed into a frog. His hear almost burst with sorrow. So he fastened three iron bands round his heart.
The carriage with the prince and his bride quickly drove away with Harry behind. Harry was full of joy because the spell on his master had been broken. Soon they heard a loud crack.
Now the prince knew nothing of the iron bands round his servant's heart, so he cried out, "Harry, is the carriage breaking?"
"No, sir," he replied. "Only the iron bands round my heart are breaking because 1 am so happy to see my master traveling back to our kingdom with a beautiful bride."
The prince and the princess never forgot faithful Harry. （The End）
年轻的王子对她说他们结婚后，要带她回去他自己的王国。于是在他们结婚的那一天，一辆华丽的马车开到门口。那是一辆由８匹白马所拉的马车。马头上都装饰着白色的羽毛，全身套着金色的马具，在马车的一旁站着王子的忠实仆人哈利。
当他的主人被变成青蛙时，忠实的哈利非常不开心。他的心因悲伤而几乎崩裂。所以他用３条铁片捆住他的心。
马车载着王子和他的新娘很快地驶走了，哈利紧跟在后面。因加在他主人身上的诅咒已经解除，哈利满心欢喜。不久他们听到一声很大的破裂声。
王子不知道捆在他仆人心上铁片的事，所以他大声问：“哈利，是马车断裂了吗？”他回答：“不是的，殿下，只是我心上的铁片断裂了，因为见到我的主人带着一位漂亮的新娘回国，我太高兴了。”王子和公主从没忘记过忠实的哈利。
賣火柴的小女孩（中英對照）
It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness, a poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet, roamed through the streets. It is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left home, but they were not of much use. They were very large, so large, indeed, that they had belonged to her mother, and the poor little creature had lost them in running across the street to avoid two carriages that were rolling along at a terrible rate. One of the slippers she could not find, and a boy seized upon the other and ran away with it, saying that he could use it as a cradle, when he had children of his own. So the little girl went on with her little naked feet, which were quite red and blue with the cold. In an old apron she carried a number of matches, and had a bundle of them in her hands. No one had bought anything of her the whole day, nor had anyone given her even a penny. Shivering with cold and hunger, she crept along; poor little child, she looked the picture of misery. The snowflakes fell on her long, fair hair, which hung in curls on her shoulders, but she regarded them not.
天冷極了，下著雪，又快黑了。這是一年的最後一天—大年夜。在這又冷又黑的晚上，一個光著頭赤著腳的小女孩在街上走著。她從家裡出來的時候還穿著一雙拖鞋，但是有什麼用呢？那是一雙很大的拖鞋—那麼大，一向是她媽媽穿的。她穿過馬路的時候，兩輛馬車飛快地衝過來，嚇得她把鞋都跑掉了。一隻怎麼也找不著，另一隻叫一個男孩撿起來拿著跑了。他說，將來他有了孩子可以拿它當搖籃。小女孩只好赤著腳走，一雙小腳凍得紅一塊青一塊的。她的舊圍裙裡兜著許多火柴，手裡還拿著一把。這一整天，誰也沒買過她一根火柴，誰也沒給過她一個錢。可憐的小女孩！她又冷又餓，哆哆嗦嗦地向前走。雪花落在她的金黃的長頭髮上，那頭髮打成捲兒披在肩上，看上去很美麗，不過她沒注意這些。
Lights were shining from every window, and there was a savory smell of roast goose, for it was New-year's eve—yes, she remembered that. In a corner, between two houses, one of which projected beyond the other, she sank down and huddled herself together. She had drawn her little feet under her, but she could not keep off the cold; and she dared not go home, for she had sold no matches, and could not take home even a penny of money. Her father would certainly beat her; besides, it was almost as cold at home as here, for they had only the roof to cover them, through which the wind howled, although the largest holes had been stopped up with straw and rags. Her little hands were almost frozen with the cold. Ah!
她又擦了一根。火柴燃起來了，發出亮光來了。亮光落在牆上，那兒忽然變得像薄紗那麼透明，她可以一直看到屋裡。桌上鋪著雪白的台佈，擺著精緻的盤子和碗，肚子裡填滿了蘋果和梅子的烤鵝正冒著香氣。更妙的是這隻鵝從盤子裡跳下來，背上插著刀和叉，搖搖擺擺地在地板上走著，一直向這個窮苦的小女孩走來。這時候，火柴又滅了，她面前只有一堵又厚又冷的牆。
She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant's. Thousands of tapers were burning upon the green branches, and colored pictures, like those she had seen in the show-windows, looked down upon it all. The little one stretched out her hand towards them, and the match went out.
她又擦著了一根火柴。這一回，她坐在美麗的聖誕樹下。這棵聖誕樹，比她去年聖誕節透過富商家的玻璃門看到的還要大，還要美。翠綠的樹枝上點著幾千支明晃晃的蠟燭，許多幅美麗的彩色畫片，跟掛在商店櫥窗裡的一個樣，在向她眨眼睛。小女孩向畫片伸出手去。這時候，火柴又滅了。
天冷極了，下著雪，又快黑了。這是一年的最後一天—大年夜。在這又冷又黑的晚上，一個光著頭赤著腳的小女孩在街上走著。她從家裡出來的時候還穿著一雙拖鞋，但是有什麼用呢？那是一雙很大的拖鞋—那麼大，一向是她媽媽穿的。她穿過馬路的時候，兩輛馬車飛快地衝過來，嚇得她把鞋都跑掉了。一隻怎麼也找不著，另一隻叫一個男孩撿起來拿著跑了。他說，將來他有了孩子可以拿它當搖籃。小女孩只好赤著腳走，一雙小腳凍得紅一塊青一塊的。她的舊圍裙裡兜著許多火柴，手裡還拿著一把。這一整天，誰也沒買過她一根火柴，誰也沒給過她一個錢。可憐的小女孩！她又冷又餓，哆哆嗦嗦地向前走。雪花落在她的金黃的長頭髮上，那頭髮打成捲兒披在肩上，看上去很美麗，不過她沒注意這些。
Lights were shining from every window, and there was a savory smell of roast goose, for it was New-year's eve—yes, she remembered that. In a corner, between two houses, one of which projected beyond the other, she sank down and huddled herself together. She had drawn her little feet under her, but she could not keep off the cold; and she dared not go home, for she had sold no matches, and could not take home even a penny of money. Her father would certainly beat her; besides, it was almost as cold at home as here, for they had only the roof to cover them, through which the wind howled, although the largest holes had been stopped up with straw and rags. Her little hands were almost frozen with the cold. Ah!
她又擦了一根。火柴燃起來了，發出亮光來了。亮光落在牆上，那兒忽然變得像薄紗那麼透明，她可以一直看到屋裡。桌上鋪著雪白的台佈，擺著精緻的盤子和碗，肚子裡填滿了蘋果和梅子的烤鵝正冒著香氣。更妙的是這隻鵝從盤子裡跳下來，背上插著刀和叉，搖搖擺擺地在地板上走著，一直向這個窮苦的小女孩走來。這時候，火柴又滅了，她面前只有一堵又厚又冷的牆。
She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant's. Thousands of tapers were burning upon the green branches, and colored pictures, like those she had seen in the show-windows, looked down upon it all. The little one stretched out her hand towards them, and the match went out.
她又擦著了一根火柴。這一回，她坐在美麗的聖誕樹下。這棵聖誕樹，比她去年聖誕節透過富商家的玻璃門看到的還要大，還要美。翠綠的樹枝上點著幾千支明晃晃的蠟燭，許多幅美麗的彩色畫片，跟掛在商店櫥窗裡的一個樣，在向她眨眼睛。小女孩向畫片伸出手去。這時候，火柴又滅了。
The Christmas lights rose higher and higher, till they looked to her like the stars in the sky. Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,” thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.
只见圣诞树上的烛光越升越高，最后成了在天空中闪烁的星星。有一颗星星落下来了，在天空中划出了一道细长的红光。 “有一个什么人快要死了。”小女孩说。唯一疼她的奶奶活着的时候告诉过她∶一颗星星落下来，就有一个灵魂要到上帝那儿去了。
She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance. “Grandmother,” cried the little one, “O take me with you; I know you will go away when the match burns out; you will vanish like the warm stove, the roast goose, and the large, glorious Christmas-tree.” And she made haste to light the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to keep her grandmother there. And the matches glowed with a light that was brighter than the noon-day, and her grandmother had never appeared so large or so beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for they were with God.
她在墙上又擦着了一根火柴。这一回，火柴把周围全照亮了。奶奶出现在亮光里，是那么温和，那么慈爱。“奶奶！”小女孩叫起来，“啊！请把我带走吧！我知道，火柴一灭，您就会不见的，像那暖和的火炉，喷香的烤鹅，美丽的圣诞树一个样，就会不见的！” 她赶紧擦着了一大把火柴，要把奶奶留住。一大把火柴发出强烈的光，照得跟白天一样明亮。奶奶从来没有像现在这样高大，这样美丽。奶奶把小女孩抱起来，搂在怀里。她们俩在光明和快乐中飞走了，越飞越高，飞到那没有寒冷，没有饥饿，也没有痛苦的地方去了。
In the dawn of morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year; and the New-year's sun rose and shone upon a little corpse! The child still sat, in the stiffness of death, holding the matches in her hand, one bundle of which was burnt. “She tried to warm herself,” said some. No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New-year's day.
第二天清晨，这个小女孩坐在墙角里，两腮通红，嘴上带着微笑。她死了，在旧年的大年夜冻死了。新年的太阳升起来了，照在她小小的尸体上。小女孩坐在那儿，手里还捏着一把烧过了的火柴梗。“她想给自己暖和一下……”人们说。谁也不知道她曾经看到过多么美丽的东西，她曾经多么幸福，跟着她奶奶一起走向新年的幸福中去。
每个窗子里都透出灯光来，街上飘着一股烤鹅的香味，因为这是大年夜—她可忘不了这个。她在一座房子的墙角里坐下来，蜷着腿缩成一团。她觉得更冷了。她不敢回家，因为她没卖掉一根火柴，没挣到一个钱，爸爸一定会打她的。再说，家里跟街上一样冷。他们头上只有个房顶，虽然最大的裂缝已经用草和破布堵住了，风还是可以灌进来。 她的一双小手几乎冻僵了。啊！
每个窗子里都透出灯光来，街上飘着一股烤鹅的香味，因为这是大年夜—她可忘不了这个。她在一座房子的墙角里坐下来，蜷着腿缩成一团。她觉得更冷了。她不敢回家，因为她没卖掉一根火柴，没挣到一个钱，爸爸一定会打她的。再说，家里跟街上一样冷。他们头上只有个房顶，虽然最大的裂缝已经用草和破布堵住了，风还是可以灌进来。 她的一双小手几乎冻僵了。啊！
Perhaps a burning match might be some good, if she could draw it from the bundle and strike it against the wall, just to warm her fingers. She drew one out—“scratch!” how it sputtered as it burnt! It gave a warm, bright light, like a little candle, as she held her hand over it. It was really a wonderful light. It seemed to the little girl that she was sitting by a large iron stove, with polished brass feet and a brass ornament. How the fire burned! and seemed so beautifully warm that the child stretched out her feet as if to warm them, when, lo! the flame of the match went out, the stove vanished, and she had only the remains of the half-burnt match in her hand.
哪怕一根小小的火柴，对她也是有好处的！她敢从成把的火柴里抽出一根，在墙上擦燃了，来暖和暖和自己的小手吗？她终于抽出了一根。哧！火柴燃起来了，冒出火焰来了！她把小手拢在火焰上。多么温暖多么明亮的火焰啊，简直像一支小小的蜡烛。这是一道奇异的火光！小女孩觉得自己好像坐在一个大火炉前面，火炉装着闪亮的铜脚和铜把手，烧得旺旺的，暖烘烘的，多么舒服啊！哎，这是怎么回事呢？她刚把脚伸出去，想让脚也暖和一下，火柴灭了，火炉不见了。她坐在那儿，手里只有一根烧过了的火柴梗。
She rubbed another match on the wall. It burst into a flame, and where its light fell upon the wall it became as transparent as a veil, and she could see into the room. The table was covered with a snowy white table-cloth, on which stood a splendid dinner service, and a steaming roast goose, stuffed with apples and dried plums. And what was still more wonderful, the goose jumped down from the dish and waddled across the floor, with a knife and fork in its breast, to the little girl. Then the match went out, and there remained nothing but the thick, damp, cold wall before her.
她又擦了一根。火柴燃起来了，发出亮光来了。亮光落在墙上，那儿忽然变得像薄纱那么透明，她可以一直看到屋里。桌上铺着雪白的台布，摆着精致的盘子和碗，肚子里填满了苹果和梅子的烤鹅正冒着香气。更妙的是这只鹅从盘子里跳下来，背上插着刀和叉，摇摇摆摆地在地板上走着，一直向这个穷苦的小女孩走来。这时候，火柴又灭了，她面前只有一堵又厚又冷的墙。
She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant's. Thousands of tapers were burning upon the green branches, and colored pictures, like those she had seen in the show-windows, looked down upon it all. The little one stretched out her hand towards them, and the match went out.
她又擦着了一根火柴。这一回，她坐在美丽的圣诞树下。这棵圣诞树，比她去年圣诞节透过富商家的玻璃门看到的还要大，还要美。翠绿的树枝上点着几千支明晃晃的蜡烛，许多幅美丽的彩色画片，跟挂在商店橱窗里的一个样，在向她眨眼睛。小女孩向画片伸出手去。这时候，火柴又灭了。
The Christmas lights rose higher and higher, till they looked to her like the stars in the sky. Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,” thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.
只见圣诞树上的烛光越升越高，最后成了在天空中闪烁的星星。有一颗星星落下来了，在天空中划出了一道细长的红光。 “有一个什么人快要死了。”小女孩说。唯一疼她的奶奶活着的时候告诉过她∶一颗星星落下来，就有一个灵魂要到上帝那儿去了。
She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance. “Grandmother,” cried the little one, “O take me with you; I know you will go away when the match burns out; you will vanish like the warm stove, the roast goose, and the large, glorious Christmas-tree.” And she made haste to light the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to keep her grandmother there. And the matches glowed with a light that was brighter than the noon-day, and her grandmother had never appeared so large or so beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for they were with God.
她在墙上又擦着了一根火柴。这一回，火柴把周围全照亮了。奶奶出现在亮光里，是那么温和，那么慈爱。“奶奶！”小女孩叫起来，“啊！请把我带走吧！我知道，火柴一灭，您就会不见的，像那暖和的火炉，喷香的烤鹅，美丽的圣诞树一个样，就会不见的！” 她赶紧擦着了一大把火柴，要把奶奶留住。一大把火柴发出强烈的光，照得跟白天一样明亮。奶奶从来没有像现在这样高大，这样美丽。奶奶把小女孩抱起来，搂在怀里。她们俩在光明和快乐中飞走了，越飞越高，飞到那没有寒冷，没有饥饿，也没有痛苦的地方去了。
In the dawn of morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year; and the New-year's sun rose and shone upon a little corpse! The child still sat, in the stiffness of death, holding the matches in her hand, one bundle of which was burnt. “She tried to warm herself,” said some. No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New-year's day.
第二天清晨，这个小女孩坐在墙角里，两腮通红，嘴上带着微笑。她死了，在旧年的大年夜冻死了。新年的太阳升起来了，照在她小小的尸体上。小女孩坐在那儿，手里还捏着一把烧过了的火柴梗。“她想给自己暖和一下……”人们说。谁也不知道她曾经看到过多么美丽的东西，她曾经多么幸福，跟着她奶奶一起走向新年的幸福中去。
訂閱：
意見 (Atom)